# Former National Archives leaders urge court to reject Trump administration’s records effort

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- CNN, 2026-08-27 05:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/politics/former-archivists-briefing-presidential-records-act?Date=20260827&Profile=CNN

> Former leaders of the National Archives are asking a federal appeals court to reject the Trump administration’s attempt to disregard the Presidential Records Act, a decades-old law requiring presidents to preserve all official records from their time in office.